Service Industry Collection

Galley, Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built. Between its first flight in 1928 and retirement in 1937

Revelling with Harlots, plate III of A Rakes Progress, 1735. Tom Rakewell and a companion consorting with harlots in a tavern

Sloppy Joes Bar, Havana, Cuba, 1951. The world famous Sloppy Joes welcomed tourists for over four decades, and offered over 80 cocktails in addition to the bars own brand of 12 year old rum

Scenes in a laundry, 1884. The manageress and female workers are assisted by children

Shirt pressing at a commercial laundry in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, 1965. Artist
Shirt pressing at a commercial laundry in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, 1965. Female workers using large industrial shirt presses

A 1961 Austin Westminster in a car wash, Grimsby, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
A 1961 Austin Westminster in a car wash, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 1965. An Austin A110 model Westminster in a car wash in Grimsby in 1965

The Duval Restaurant on the Quai de Billy, Paris, 1889. A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited, 4 Stationers Hall Court, London, 1889

At the Cafe, c1877. Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
At the Cafe, c1877. Located in the Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands

The Great Dining Hall, Windsor Hotel, said to be the finest in the World, Montreal, Canada, 1894. The Windsor Hotel opened in 1878, and counted some famous names among its guests

Scene in a Coffee House, 1788, (1944). Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Scene in a Coffee House, 1788, (1944). Diners in booths at a London coffee house, with dogs begging, and the clock showing 8.30. From " The English At Table", by John Hampson

Laid table at the Bell Inn in Edmonton, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Laid table at the Bell Inn in Edmonton, 1878, (c1918). John Gilpins dinner set out for him, but his bolting horse prevents him from stopping

Dance, Song and Supper in Underground Halls of Pleasure, c1935. Artist: Sport & General
Dance, Song and Supper in Underground Halls of Pleasure, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Student waiters, Westminster Technical Institute, London, 1914
A goup of young people dressed as waiters working in the service room, supervised by a teacher, Westminster Technical Institute, London, 1914. Collecting meals form the service room

The Devil Reproving Sin, 1804. Three gentlemen sit smoking and drinking in one of the boxes of a tea-garden (White Conduit House?). A waiter on the right draws a cork from a bottle

A Sunday ordinary at Highgate, 1784. A waiter serving a crowd of diners at a table, spilling gravy over one of them while his attention is distracted by a woman with her child on his other side;

A Chop House, 1781
Interior view of a chop house supposed to be Dollys Chop House, Paternoster Row, near the St Pauls Cathedral end of Ludgate Hill

The coffee room in the London Bridge Railway Terminus Hotel, Bermondsey, London, 1860
Interior view of the coffee room in the London Bridge Railway Terminus Hotel, Bermondsey, London, 1860. The hotel, on the south side of the station

Celebration of the 13th anniversary of the City Steam Boat Company, Battersea, London, c1859. Captains, crews, and working staff commemorating the 13th anniversary of the CSBC the dry dock at

Summer amusement, possibly at White Conduit House, Islington, London, c1784. View of a tea garden showing people playing bat, trap and ball

Castle Tavern, Old Kent Road, London, c1830. Artist: George Scharf
View of the Castle Tavern, London, c1830. Also showing part of the yard belonging to Robert Atkins, timber merchant, on the Old Kent Road, Southwark

Bell Inn, Edgware Road, London, 1788. Artist: CA Prestel
View of the Bell Inn on Edgware Road, London, 1788; with a horse drawn carriage in the foreground

Kings Head Public House, Pentonville. Islington, London, c1850
View of the old Kings Head public house, next door to White Conduit House in Pentonville, Islington, London, c1850

Dedication to London Publicans, London, c1800
Sir John Barleycorn - Miss Hop...; c1800. Scene showing a stout man crowned with barley and poppies and bound in a sheaf of barley, sitting on the grass, smoking a long pipe

George and Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, London, c1850
View of the George and Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, London, c1850; with figures, carriages and horses feeding in the yard

Old Hats Tavern, (Uxbridge, Middlesex?), 1796. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
A group of figures possibly outside the Old Hats Tavern, in Uxbridge, Middlesex, 1796. Uxbridge is now in the London borough of Hillingdon

The London al - ns taste, or pretty Sally of the chop-house, 1750
The London al - ns taste, or pretty Sally of the chop-house ; a waitress hands a chop on a dish to an alderman on the left

The Politician, 1871. Artist: Jonathon Pratt
The Politician, 1871. A cobbler, with a half mended boot in his lap, studying a paper held in one hand with a pipe in the other. Another paper lies on the bench beside him along with his work tools

Salisbury Square, London, c1830
A view of Salisbury Square, London, c1830, showing nos 45-46, Hims Hotel, later to become the Salisbury Hotel. Also showing are figures, horses, carriages and a lamppost

The Lord Mayors Dinner at Guildhall, London, 1829; showing rows of tables and figures with staff working in the foreground. William Thompson was Lord Mayor in 1828-29

White Horse Inn, Fetter Lane, London, 1870. Artist: JT Wilson
White Horse Inn, Fetter Lane, London, 1870. View of the White Horse Inn on Fetter Lane, with an open drain in the foreground, and a figure on horseback seen through the entrance

Fetter Lane, London, 1870. Artist: JT Wilson
Fetter Lane, London, 1870. Front view of the White Horse Inn on Fetter Lane, with figures and horse drawn cart on the street

Cheapside, London, 1881
View of a fire at the corner of Cheapside and Bread Street, London, 1881; with the Fire Brigade in attendance

Select vestry comforts, 1828. Artist: Thomas Jones
Select vestry comforts, 1828. Eight of the select vestry of St Paul s, Covent Garden dining in the vestry room. At the head of the table is the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Dr George Richards

Bull and Mouth Street, London, 1806. Artist: Valentine Davis
View of the yard at the Bull and Mouth Inn, St Martins le Grand, London, 1806. With carriages and figures

The aldermans dinner, 1775. An obese alderman eats gluttonously; his slimmer companion, bent over a plate, evidently suffers from gout as his bandaged foot rests on a cushion

The Unfortunate Beau, 1772; a maid takes out her mop to the great distress of a passing beau whose clothes are splattered

The City Tonsor, 1771. A corpulent man is holding three wigs on a stand; the one on the right is like that worn by macaronis

Old Goat and Compasses Inn, Marylebone Road, London, 1868. Artist: JT Wilson
View of the Old Goat and Compasses Inn on Marylebone Road, London, 1868

Duck pond at St Marylebone, c1802
View of the duck pond and part of the tea gardens, at St Marylebone, London, c1802. Also showing what might either be the Jews Harp Public House or the Queens Head and Artichoke Inn, St Marylebone

Brompton Road, Kensington, London, c1810. Artist: William Pickett
Vignette of an inn on the Brompton Road, Kensington, London, c1810

A Rakes Progress, 1735, plate III of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1735, plate III of VIII. Tom Rakewell is in the Rose Tavern, on Drury Lane, London, being relieved of his pocket watch by two women

A coffee stall at Hyde Park Corner, London, 20th century. This coffee stall was pitched opposite St Georges Hospital just before ten o clock every night

The After-dinner Speech, 1908. Artist: Lance Thackeray
The After-dinner Speech, 1908. From The Light Side of Egypt, 1908

The Gourmands, 1920-1930. Pochoir print

Grosvenor House Hotel, Charter Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968. The hotel pictured soon after its opening

Dyers and cleaners shop front, 480 Fulwood Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, January 1967. A typical mid 1960s shop front

Mk 1 BMC Austin 1800 outside a tyre fitting bay in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1969. The Austin 1800, (or ADO17 to give it its official name)

Mini van being washed in a car wash, Co-op garage, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, 1965. An Austin Mini van from the North Lindsey Water Board stands in the car wash at the Co-op Garage in Scunthorpe in

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